Eating in China
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Eggplant

茄子Qiézi

Purple-skinned vegetable with tender flesh; slices can hold a fish-paste filling.

Type
Vegetables

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Purple-skinned vegetable with tender flesh; slices can hold a fish-paste filling.

In the kitchen

One of the three stuffed treasures.

Long Asian eggplants have thinner skin and fewer seeds than globe types.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有茄子吗?

Does this dish contain Eggplant?

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